Operation Mincemeat (12A): Wartime intrigue diluted by an unlikely love triangle.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Operation Mincemeat” (2022). I am partial to a good war film. And I thought “Operation Mincemeat” was good… but only in parts. Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: It’s 1943 and the British are planning to move back into Southern Europe. Sicily is the obvious target. And the … Read more

Spencer (12A): Diana hits rock bottom… as does the script.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Spencer” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Discordant strings sound as the royal party arrives at Sandringham for Christmas. “Is she here yet” intones the Queen. “No ma’am” her major domo replies. “Then she’s late”. Cut to a soulful choral version of “Perfect Day” as Diana Princess of Wales … Read more

Boldy Going Back to the Trekverse: The Star Trek Movies Revisited

So, lockdown viewing has led me to boldly return to the Star Trek movies to re-evaluate and rank them all. Set phasars to stun! Just to nail my Trek credentials to the mast. I was a child of the 60’s, so the original series was formative in my love of science fiction. The starship/planet effects … Read more

Knives Out (12): Saving Rian’s Privates.

One Mann’s Movies review of “Knives Out”. A hugely entertaining Whodunnit in the Agatha Christie style by Rian Johnson. 4.5/5.

All the Money in the World (15): The old Spacey/Plummer switcheroo.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “All the Money in the World” (2017). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 15; US: R. The big talking point of this Ridley Scott film is not of course the film itself but the fact that the disgraced Kevin Spacey (“Baby Driver“) was ‘airbrushed’ out of the movie, replaced … Read more